Name:
Larry Pontius, though professionally I go by L. Pontius.
Year Graduated:
2005
Degree:
M.F.A. in Playwriting
Favorite Memory of T&D:
Meeting my future wife
Influential Professors or Classes:
Daniel Alexander Jones for his gift of inspiration and passion for teaching, for his desire to expand conversation and dig deeper into something rather than use short hand words or phrases.
For him making me feel like an artist.
Current Hometown:
New York City
Current Profession:
Playwright, and screen writer for HUM TV, a Pakistani Cable channel.
Biography:
I left UT for New York City. I did some temp work, I worked in a box office for a time. Lately, and it's a weird thing, but it's work and I'm writing: I have received two commissions to write serials for Pakistani TV. The first one I wrote was a 13 part mystery, and now, I'm working on a domestic drama.
I've also had four or five readings in the city, got an agent, lost an agent (anyone want to be my agent?), interned, and started working on a screenplay.
On a personal note: I got married to my wife at City Hall - which I highly recommend. And to make up for that smart choice, we got married two more times (once in Illinois, and once in India.) We are in talks about where our next marriage ceremony will be. My vote: Las Vegas in 2008!
Personal or Related Websites:
www.myspace.com/Larrypontius
blog.myspace.com/larrypontius
and for my counterpart in fiction...
